From instructor Greg Ellifritz’s website.
John Benner and the TDI staff were invited several years ago to perform shooting anesthetized pigs for a government agency exploring wound dynamics of firearms. They shot the pigs with everything from a .22 to a .50. The first finding—all the pigs died. So if you or a loved one uses a .22 revolver or semiauto, have some confidence with it. Second finding—the 50 cal make quite an impressive wound. Third finding—the physicians performing the wound channel analysis could see no discernible difference between a 9, 40 and 45. In fact, had the pigs not been premarked with a code no one could have determined which pig was shot with which caliber.
There’s a reason John Benner and all TDI instructors carry 9mm. Same real world stopping power, more rounds per gun, less felt recoil, and less expensive ammo
Train well. Be safe. TDI
Pig Carcass Wound Ballistics Lab
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In my AAR of the Paul-E-Palooza 2 training event, I mentioned that one of the medical classes involved a wound ballistics lab where two (humanely killed) pig carcasses were shot with various weapon…